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vi you

vsi vi, vi vsi all of you
vi vsi, kolikor vas je the whole lot of you
vi trije you three
ko bi jaz bil vi if I were you
vi otroci se teh stvari ne zavedate you children have no idea about these things

stranger [stréindžə] samostalnik
tujec, -jka; neznanec, -nka; gost, obiskovalec; neizkušen (nepoučèn) človek, novinec (to v)
pravno neudeleženec (to v)
zastarelo inozemec, -mka
ameriško (zvalnik) Vi (tam!)

the little stranger novorojenček
he is a stranger to fear on ne pozna strahu
he is a stranger to learning on ni izobražen
I am no stranger to politics nisem novinec v politiki
he is no stranger to me poznam ga, ni mi neznan
you are quite a stranger! zelo redko te je videti!
to make a stranger of s.o. ravnati s kom kot s tujcem
I spy (I see) strangers opažam (vidim) tujce (angleška parlamentarna formula, da se doseže izpraznitev galerije od gledalcev), figurativno predlagam izključitev občinstva

ye¹ [ji:, ji] zaimek
zastarelo, Biblija & šaljivo vi, vam, vas; ti

hush ye! tiho, ti!
pogovorno za you

how d'ye do? ➞ how do you do?

you [ju:, ju, jə] zaimek
vi, vas, vam; ti, te(be), t(eb)i

you blockhead! ti (vi) tepec!
you fool! ti norec!
you three vi trije
the rest of you ostali od vas
you're another! hvala, enako! (odgovor na psovko)
you bet (your life) sleng na to se lahko zaneseš, (glavo) stavim za to
get you gone! poberi(te) se!
you don't say česa ne poveste (poveš) (to me preseneča)
you never can tell človek nikoli ne more vedeti
you never know človek nikoli ne ve
you soon get used to it človek se kmalu navadi na to
come here all of you! pridite sem vsi!
if I were you ko bi jaz bil na tvojem (vašem) mestu

D-day [dí:dei] samostalnik
začetek velike ofenzive, zlasti 6. VI. 1944

ball¹ [bɔ:l] samostalnik
žoga, klobčič, kepa
anatomija plesno, blazina
anatomija peščaj; gruda

šport a good ball dober udarec
to catch the ball at (ali on) the bound spoznati priložnost, izrabiti položaj
ball of contention vzrok prepira
ball of the eye zrklo
ball of the knee anatomija pogačica
ball of the foot plesno, blazina
to have the ball at one's feet obvladati položaj
to keep the ball rolling (ali up) ohraniti stvar ali pogovor v teku
to make balls of s.th. narediti zmedo iz česa
to toss about the ball posplošiti pogovor
to take the ball before the bound prenagliti se
to play at the ball žogati se
on the ball spreten, uren
ameriško to have a lot on the ball biti zelo sposoben
vojska to load with ball ostro nabiti
ball and socket joint kroglasti zgib
šport ball out stranski avt
uncle three balls lastnik zastavljalnice
three (golden) balls znak zastavijalnice
to strike the ball under the line imeti smolo
to take up the ball lotiti se česa
the ball is with you vi ste (ti si) na vrsti (pri igri)

bíti (sem) to be; to exist; to live; to take place

je (= se nahaja) there is
so (= se nahajajo) there are; (bivati) to stay
bíti lačen, žejen to be hungry, thirsty
bíti ves iz sebe to be beside oneself, to be overwrought
3 x 5 = 15 three times five equals fifteen
kaj je, kakó je (kaj) z njim? how is he?, how is he getting on?; how are things with him?
kaj je s teboj? what is the matter with you?
toplo (mraz) mi je I am warm (cold)
ne morem bíti brez (cigaret) I cannot do without (cigarettes)
bíti brez denarja to be short of money
bíti brez premoga to be short of coal
po čem je kruh? how much is (the) bread?
koliko je do postaje? how long does it take to the station?
bodi previden! be careful!
on je iz Londona he is (ali comes) from London
kdo je? who is there?
kdo je tam? (vojak na straži) who goes there?
po meni je, z menoj je konec I am done for, pogovorno I've had it
kaj Vam je? what is the matter with you?
nič mi ni there is nothing the matter with me
slabó mi je I feel sick
jaz sem (to) it is I, pogovorno it's me
če bi jaz bil Vi (bil na Vašem mestu), bi ostal doma if I were you, I would stay at home
če je (to) takó if it is so, if that be so, if that be the case
naj bo takó! arhaično let it be so!
naj bo (to), kot hoče! be that as it may
naj bo tako ali tako in either case
to bo dovolj this will do
kar je bilo, je bilo let bygones be bygones
bíti v napoto to be in the way, to inconvenience, to hinder
ni mi za... I don't care for...
za to mu ni he does not care about it
nič mi ni zanj pogovorno I couldn't care less about him, I don't care a fig for him
ni mi do šal I am in no mood for joking
to ni (nič) zame that is not in my line
nič ni bilo iz tega nothing came of it
ni mi do poezije I have no time for poetry
mnogo mi je do tega, da... I am very anxious to...
vem, pri čem sem I know where I stand
on je proti meni he has set his face against me
hiša je v gradnji the house is being built
bilo mi je, da bi jokal I felt like crying
on bi bil dober učitelj he would make a good teacher
tu gre za bíti ali ne bíti this is a matter of life or death
šlo je za bíti ali ne bíti it was touch and go
pri tem sem ob 50.000 SIT I am fifty thousand tolars out of pocket over it

člôvek man, pl men; human being; fellow, individual, person

člôvek (božji)! (vzklik nestrpnosti) man (alive)!
čuden člôvek a queer (ali an odd) fellow
nepomemben člôvek nonentity
odrasel člôvek grown-up person, adult
noben člôvek nobody, not a soul
navaden, poprečen člôvek the man in the street, the average person
vsak člôvek everybody, everyone
poslovni člôvek man of business
on je prijeten člôvek he is a pleasant fellow
on je najboljši člôvek na svetu he is the best man alive; there is no better man alive (than he)
člôvek za vsak posel, za vse jack-of-all-trades, pl jacks-of-all-trades
člôvek u podoben man-like; anthropoid
kakšen člôvek pa je on? what kind of person is he?, what sort of fellow is he?
on je tudi samó člôvek he is only human
Vi ste člôvek, ki ga hočem, potrebujem you are the man I want
kaj naj si člôvek misli o njem? what should one think of him?
kaj drugega bi člôvek mogel reči v tem primeru? what else could a man say in this case?
člôvek obrača, bog pa obrne man proposes, God disposes
člôvek na slabem glasu a bad egg (ali hat, lot)

i (in) and; (tudi) also, too, as well; so, likewise

i...i both... and
i Vi i jaz both you and I (pogovorno me)
i njegov brat i njegov svak both his brother and his brother-in-law
naše izgube i padlih i ranjenih our losses both in killed and wounded

máterin mother's; mother-; maternal

máterni jezik mother tongue
máterino krilo, naročje (figurativno) mother's apron strings, maternal embrace
máterino znamenje fiziologija naevus, pl -vi, birthmark
rdeče máterino znamenje strawberry mark

naróbe wrong; wrongly; in a wrong manner; the wrong side out (ali up); turned upside down; topsyturvy; inverted; head over heels

vse je naróbe all is wrong, all is in confusion, there is a great confusion everywhere
nekaj je naróbe there is something amiss
vse gre naróbe all goes wrong
vse je naróbe v hiši everything is upside down in the house
kaj je naróbe s teboj? what is wrong with you?
naróbe se lotiti česa (figurativno) to put the cart before the horse
to je naróbe svet it is the world turned upside down
naróbe si je nadel klobuk he has put his hat on the wrong way
narediti vse naróbe to do everything the wrong way round
šli smo po isti poti kot vi, toda naróbe (v obratni smeri) we took the same road as you, but the other way round
pri meni (v mojem primeru) je stvar naróbe (obratna) in my case the boot is on the other foot; with me it's the other way round
nima Ivan Marije na vrvici, ravno naróbe je John doesn't dominate Mary, the boot is on the other foot (ali the reverse is the case)

pardón pardon; forgiveness

pardón! pardon!, sorry!, (I) beg your pardon!
pardón, da to rečem pardon my saying so
pardón, toda vi sami ste rekli to excuse me, but it was you who said so

pragmátičen pragmatic(al)

pragmátična sankcija pragmatic sanction; zgodovina decree of Charles VI (1713) granting rights of succession to female descendants

priímek surname, family name

imeti priímek to be surnamed
imel je priímek Brown kot vi he was surnamed Brown like you

rather² [ra:ðə] medmet
pogovorno (v odgovoru) da!, seveda!, vsekakor!, (prav) gotovo!

Isn't it hot? -- Rather! Ali ni vroče? -- Seveda! Pa še kako!
Would you like to come? -- Rather! Bi (Vi) radi prišli? -- To pa! Seveda!! Zelo rad!

rest⁴ [rest] neprehodni glagol
ostati, preostati, biti preostanek (of česa)

rest assured that I will do my best bodite prepričani, da bom storil vse, kar bo v moji moči
to rest with biti v rokah, biti odvisen od
it rests with you to decide vi odločite; vaša stvar je, da odločite
it does not rest with me to decide odločitev ni v mojih rokah
the affair rests a mystery zadeva (stvar) ostaja (je še naprej) skrivnost

sám alone; sole; only; solo; (brez pomoči) by oneself, unaided, single-handed

čisto sám, sám samcat quite alone, all alone
sám od sebe spontaneously; of one's own accord
jaz sám I myself
on sám he himself
stvar sáma na sebi the thing in itself
sám Cezar Caesar's self
na sám novoletni dan just (ali precisely) on New Year's Day
žrtvovanje sámega sebe self-sacrifice
zaupanje v sámega sebe self-reliance
sáma dobrota ga je he is kindness itself
sáma ljubeznivost ga je do mene he is a perfect angel to me
sám je na svetu he stands alone in the world
on je sám svoj gospodar he is his own master
sáma kost in koža ga je he's nothing but skin and bone, he's just a bag of bones
že sáma ideja je smešna the very (ali the mere) idea is funny
to ni nihče drug kot sám knez he is no less a man than the prince
imeti sám svojo hišo to have a house of one's own
javiti se sám od sebe (prostovoljno) to volunteer
sami so se izdali they betrayed themselves, they gave themselves away
sáma si delam obleke I make my own dresses
sáma si plete nogavice she knits her own stockings
sáma opravlja vse gospodinjske posle she herself does all the housework
sám si strižem lase I cut my own hair
sám si delam večerjo I get my own supper
sám si služi kruh he earns his own bread
vrata se sáma zapirajo the door shuts by itself
to sem sám naredil (brez tuje pomoči) I did it single-handed
to lahko sám vidiš you can see for yourself
leteti sám (brez spremstva, aeronavtika) to fly solo, to solo
presodite sámi! judge for yourselves!
jaz sám sem šel tja I myself went there
ne pustite ga sámega! don't leave him by himself!
to se samo po sebi razume that is a matter of course
lahko to sám napraviš? can you do it alone?
govoriti s kom na samem to speak to someone in private
vi sami to pravite you yourself say so
prepustil sem ga sámemu sebi I left him to himself
sám si kuham I prepare my own dinner
sami njegovi prijatelji ga sovražijo even his fiends hate him
sám vrag te je prinesel the devil himself has brought you
iz sámega egoizma for pure selfishness (ali egoism)

same [séim]

1. pridevnik
isti, enak, podoben; omenjeni, rečeni
figurativno nespremenjen, enoličen

at the same time istočasno, hkrati
the same pravno, trgovina isti
the same as oni isti, ki
just the same popolnoma, čisto isti
much the same skoraj (da) isti, malone isti
the same thing as ista stvar (isto) kot
the very (just the, exactly the) same thing popolnoma isto, prav isto
which is the same thing kar je isto
by the same token v zvezi s tistim, kar je rečeno
it is all (just) the same to me to mi je vseeno
it is much the same to je v glavnem isto, prilično isto
it's the same old story to je stara zgodba, stara pesem
it comes to the same thing to pride na isto
he did it with this same knife to je storil prav s tem nožem

2. zaimek
isti, omenjena oseba

the same isto
same here pogovorno tako gre tudi meni; tako je tudi s tem

3. prislov

the same isto tako, na isti način
all the same vendarle, vseeno
just the same pogovorno prav tako, na isti način
(the) same to you enako (odgovor na kako željo, voščilo)
we left our country the same as you did zapustili smo svojo deželo (domovino) prav tako kot vi

sêrvis¹ šport (tenis itd.) service, pogovorno serve

kdo ima sêrvis? whose serve is it?
vi imate sêrvis it is your serve; tehnika service
popraviti, pregledati avto v sêrvisu to service a car
gospodinjski sêrvis domestic cleaning service

should [šud] preteklik od shall

I should go jaz bi šel
if you should hear of it če bi (vi) slučajno (morebiti) slišali o tem
lest you should forget da (vi) ne bi pozabili, da ne pozabite